OTHERWISE Volume I and Volume II artwork
BEFORE THE FIRST PAGE

Request Volume I.

A limited number of advance reader copies are being allocated.

If allocated, Volume I is prepared for you. Read first. Decide later how you want to continue.

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THE PREMISE

Same story.
Different people.
Another reality.

OTHERWISE is a two-volume narrative journey through minds, cultures and realities.

Its proposition is simple: the reader is not outside the work.

No synopsis is required. You can meet it through the story, through a question, or through an invitation to read before the work becomes final.

YOUR FIRST CHOICE

What pulled you here?

No answer is better. Your first instinct only changes the doorway.

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OTHERWISE Volume I and Volume II across two worlds
Two volumes. Two perspectives.
OTHERWISE Volume I and Volume II in a larger world
The same story opens differently.
BEFORE YOU DECIDE

What is true here.

Mystery should not require uncertainty about the terms of the encounter.

The workTwo volumes forming one narrative experience.
The InquiryA separate way to test the premise before reading the book.
The invitationEarly Volume I copies are limited and allocated rather than automatically sold.
Your agencyReading, contribution and continuation are separate choices.
THE INVITATION

A limited number of copies are being allocated.

Entry begins with a request.

OTHERWISE begins before you open the book.

A limited number of early copies leave the ordinary market and travel by invitation.

Read first. Choose later.

What you think, whether you contribute, and whether you continue remain separate decisions.

EnterPlace your name at the threshold.
ReceiveIf selected, Volume I travels to you.
ReadMeet the work before anyone tells you what it should mean.
Choose laterWhat continues after that remains yours to choose.

ARC means advance reader copy: an early copy shared before general release. Entry is a request for consideration and does not guarantee allocation.

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ONE LAST THING
If a book could change because of the person reading it, when would the book actually begin?

You can answer by reading. Or you can test the question first.

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